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Keeping Up Appearances’ Clive Swift dies

Mike Watkins and Lynn Swift February 1, 2019 BBC Comedy BBC One Clive Swift David Swift Keeping Up Appearances Patricia Routledge

In a statement, the star’s family said he passed away at home following a short illness. He was 82.

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Further details on BBC Sitcom revivals revealed

Neil Lang April 12, 2016 BBC One BBC Two Keeping Up Appearances Kevin Bishop Patricia Routledge Porridge

Him and Her Actress Kerry Howard will play Hyacinth in a brand new one-off special called Young Hyacinth, a prequel to the popular 1990s classic…

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Landmark sitcom season to air across BBC channels

Doug Lambert March 10, 2016 Are You Being Served?BBC Four BBC One BBC Two Keeping Up Appearances Mrs Brown’s Boys Porridge Up Pompeii!

To mark 60 years since Galton and Simpson’s Hancock’s Half Hour started on BBC Television the beeb are to air a ‘landmark sitcom season’ which…

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Great Escape and Crossroads actor Angus Lennie dies

Doug Lambert September 15, 2014 Angus Lennie ATV BBC One Crossroads ITV Keeping Up Appearances Lord Richard Attenborough Monarch of the Glen Patricia Routledge Richard Briers Stanley Baxter The Great Escape

Actor Angus Lennie, best known for iconic movie The Great Escape and a nine year stint in ITV teatime soap Crossroads, has died aged 84.…

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Actress Dinah Sheridan dies aged 92

ATV Today November 25, 2012 29 Acacia Avenue BBC Drama Bernard Cribbins Crown Court Dinah Sheridan Doctor Who Jenny Agutter Jonathan Creek Keeping Up Appearances Lovejoy Marked Personal Sally Thomsett Sykes The Five Doctors The Railway Children

Actress Dinah Sheridan, best known for her role in the British film The Railway Children, has died at the age of 92.

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Tributes Paid To Geoffrey Hughes

Doug Lambert July 29, 2012 Benidorm Coronation Street Geoffrey Hughes Heartbeat Helen Worth Jean Alexander Keeping Up Appearances Patricia Routledge Ricky Tomlinson Sally Lindsay Skins The Royle Family William Roache

Tributes have been paid to the actor Geoffrey Hughes whose death was announced yesterday.

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Corrie star Geoffrey Hughes has died

Mike Watkins July 28, 2012 Coronation Street Doris Speed Geoffrey Hughes Heartbeat Keeping Up Appearances Ricky Tomlinson The Roye Family

Former Heartbeat and Coronation Street actor Geoffrey Hughes has died aged 68, after a two year battle with Cancer.

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Comedies Ripe for Revival: Spitting Image, Please Sir! and On the Buses

Doug Lambert March 30, 2012 Are You Being Served?BBC One Central Television Fawlty Towers Keeping Up Appearances LWT on the buses Open All Hours Please Sir?Spitting Image

Yesterday it was announced that digital channel Gold was reviving the iconic political comedy Yes, Prime Minister – perhaps there couldn’t be a better time…

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Comedies Ripe for Revival

ATV Today August 29, 2011 Fawlty Towers Keeping Up Appearances Please Sir?Spitting Image

ATV Today casts its eye over the world of comedy and plucks those it believes are Ripe for Revival such as Fawlty Towers, Keeping Up…

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Heartbeat and Corrie actor Geoffrey Hughes ill in hospital

Shaun Linden August 4, 2010 Coronation Street Derek Fowlds Geoffrey Hughes Heartbeat Jean Alexander Judy Cornwall Keeping Up Appearances

Actor Geoffrey Hughes, known for his roles in Coronation Street and Heartbeat, is seriously ill in hospital after collapsing at his home.

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